Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Sycamore (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sycamore. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Sycamore is located in Wyandot County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wyandot County: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Sycamore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sycamore:
- Wyandot County (The home county of Sycamore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Mexico
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Duenquat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Carey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harpster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wyandot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Kirby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Marseilles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Chatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- North Robinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Tiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- West Independence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Arcadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Blanchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Findlay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Van Buren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jenera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dunkirk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Dola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Celeryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coble Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Hunts Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Delphi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- North Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Morral
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Ruth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Martel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Logan ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Caledonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Bloomington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- La Rue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Green Camp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Blooming Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Bethlehem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Forest ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Vernon Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shelby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Burgoon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Ballville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Clyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Gibsonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Melmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- McCutchenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Bloomville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Riegel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carrothers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Alvada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Bascom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Republic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scipio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Bloomdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Risingsun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Eagleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- West Millgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Bairdstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Wayne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- North Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sycamore, see our County-by-County Page for Sycamore.
Cemeteries Near Sycamore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sycamore.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sycamore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sycamore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bretz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bretz Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Curlis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Sycamore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Belle Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Badger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mexico Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pipetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (494 more) ...
- Bibler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cutting Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stalter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sycamore had a population of 722 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sycamore had a population of 811 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sycamore, with the one closest to Sycamore listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Deunquat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deunquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deunquat
- Mexico
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Plankton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plankton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plankton
- Seal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seal is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal
- Lemert
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Melmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- McCutchenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tymochtee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tymochtee is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tymochtee
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Lykens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Berwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Adrian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sycamore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sycamore.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sycamore ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sycamore.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sycamore. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sycamore and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sycamore.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Sycamore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sycamore:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wyandot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sycamore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sycamore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |